Black and White represents a recent interest of mine. I now see how removing distracting color can strengthen a photograph by forcing the viewer to see only the shapes and composition. This can be a very powerful tool. This gallery has unrelated photo subjects that may only have their black and white processing in common. With this gallery, I am also a part of the great <a href="http://www.smugmug.com/community/BlackAndWhite">SmugMug Black and White Community</a> which you may enjoy visiting. http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Wave-Coyotte-Buttes-223/363792001_GDweg-Ti.jpg http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/gallery/5987095_ZBBRY/ 2009-11-17T07:08:50Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a> </p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#623053651_KzS76" title="Gordon Smith's photo"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2009-06-22-1V7B0935/623053651_KzS76-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Gordon Smith's photo" title="Gordon Smith's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:09:35Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2009-06-22-1V7B0935/623053651_KzS76-Th.jpg 2009-06-22 06:43:05 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a> </p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#623052952_QY76h" title="Gordon Smith's photo"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2009-06-21-1V7B0765/623052952_QY76h-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Gordon Smith's photo" title="Gordon Smith's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:09:35Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2009-06-21-1V7B0765/623052952_QY76h-Th.jpg 2009-06-21 12:33:09 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />Ruined ranch house.</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#391360216_58qKM" title="Ruined ranch house."><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2008-07-22/391360216_58qKM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Ruined ranch house." title="Ruined ranch house." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:09:35Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2008-07-22/391360216_58qKM-Th.jpg 2008-07-22 21:07:21 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />Evidence of Water, Death Valley</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#637750296_FqTcX" title="Evidence of Water, Death Valley"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Death-Valley-2009-02-05/637750296_FqTcX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Evidence of Water, Death Valley" title="Evidence of Water, Death Valley" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:09:35Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Death-Valley-2009-02-05/637750296_FqTcX-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a> </p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#414676985_YJJvZ" title="Gordon Smith's photo"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/White-Rim-Trail-2008-10-24/414676985_YJJvZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Gordon Smith's photo" title="Gordon Smith's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:09:35Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/White-Rim-Trail-2008-10-24/414676985_YJJvZ-Th.jpg 2008-10-24 10:50:30 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a> </p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#414678021_qKxzD" title="Gordon Smith's photo"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/White-Rim-Trail-2008-10-24-1/414678021_qKxzD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Gordon Smith's photo" title="Gordon Smith's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:09:35Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/White-Rim-Trail-2008-10-24-1/414678021_qKxzD-Th.jpg 2008-10-24 10:45:30 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a> </p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#414677764_nJRYP" title="Gordon Smith's photo"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Cedar-Breaks-Autumn-2008-09-27/414677764_nJRYP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Gordon Smith's photo" title="Gordon Smith's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:09:35Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Cedar-Breaks-Autumn-2008-09-27/414677764_nJRYP-Th.jpg 2008-09-27 18:38:16 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />My youngest daughter got a sliver while in Yellowstone National Park. Here she's allowing my wife to get it out with a needle. This picture was selected for a weekly showcase in National G ...</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#391360145_jinLR" title="My youngest daughter got a sliver while in Yellowstone National Park. Here she's allowing my wife to get it out with a needle. This picture was selected for a weekly showcase in National G ..."><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2008-07-28/391360145_jinLR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="My youngest daughter got a sliver while in Yellowstone National Park. Here she's allowing my wife to get it out with a needle. This picture was selected for a weekly showcase in National G ..." title="My youngest daughter got a sliver while in Yellowstone National Park. Here she's allowing my wife to get it out with a needle. This picture was selected for a weekly showcase in National G ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:17:21Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2008-07-28/391360145_jinLR-Th.jpg 2008-07-28 14:54:31 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />Cooper Island, BVI</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#391359754_J8sxY" title="Cooper Island, BVI"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/BVI-Sailing-2008-01-26/391359754_J8sxY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cooper Island, BVI" title="Cooper Island, BVI" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:17:21Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/BVI-Sailing-2008-01-26/391359754_J8sxY-Th.jpg 2008-01-25 17:08:26 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />I like how black and white emphasizes the details in this rock study</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#505453230_XqGtQ" title="I like how black and white emphasizes the details in this rock study"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/BVI-Sailing-2008-01-25/505453230_XqGtQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I like how black and white emphasizes the details in this rock study" title="I like how black and white emphasizes the details in this rock study" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:17:21Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/BVI-Sailing-2008-01-25/505453230_XqGtQ-Th.jpg 2008-01-25 06:52:51 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />Montana</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#391359699_AvqJc" title="Montana"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2007-06-11-IMG1276/391359699_AvqJc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Montana" title="Montana" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:17:36Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Montana-2007-06-11-IMG1276/391359699_AvqJc-Th.jpg 2007-06-11 08:14:59 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />Lonely day at the beach.</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#391359679_FAGhx" title="Lonely day at the beach."><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/SLO-Spring-Break-2007-03-1319/391359679_FAGhx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Lonely day at the beach." title="Lonely day at the beach." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:17:36Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/SLO-Spring-Break-2007-03-1319/391359679_FAGhx-Th.jpg 2007-03-13 18:07:57 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />The Wave</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#363792001_GDweg" title="The Wave"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Wave-Coyotte-Buttes-223/363792001_GDweg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The Wave" title="The Wave" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:17:36Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Wave-Coyotte-Buttes-223/363792001_GDweg-Th.jpg 2006-11-22 14:04:50 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />The Wave</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#391359548_LwoM8" title="The Wave"><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Wave-Coyotte-Buttes-218/391359548_LwoM8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The Wave" title="The Wave" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:17:36Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Wave-Coyotte-Buttes-218/391359548_LwoM8-Th.jpg 2006-11-22 13:56:45 <p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com">Gordon Smith</a><br />My wife wanted a pictures of a bent and beaten nail for a class she was teaching and asked me to come up with a good photo. This took a little time and I had fun working on an artistic take ...</p><p><a href="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/5987095_ZBBRY#391359584_8rxSG" title="My wife wanted a pictures of a bent and beaten nail for a class she was teaching and asked me to come up with a good photo. This took a little time and I had fun working on an artistic take ..."><img src="http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Nail-2edited/391359584_8rxSG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="My wife wanted a pictures of a bent and beaten nail for a class she was teaching and asked me to come up with a good photo. This took a little time and I had fun working on an artistic take ..." title="My wife wanted a pictures of a bent and beaten nail for a class she was teaching and asked me to come up with a good photo. This took a little time and I had fun working on an artistic take ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T07:17:36Z Gordon Smith http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com http://gordonsmith.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-White/Nail-2edited/391359584_8rxSG-Th.jpg 2006-11-09 15:29:33